Drill

Instructions

1. 1Have a defender lightly check your gloves or shaft as a pass arrives.
2. 2Keep both hands snug on the stick and absorb the check into your body.
3. 3Turn your body to shield the stick from the check on the catch.
4. 4Secure the ball into a protected cradle immediately after catching.

What to focus on

Shielding the stick with the body before the check lands.

Recommended reps

5 x 8 catches with a trailing check

Common mistake

Catching with the stick fully exposed to the defender's stick side.